Re: please revive project 4GL++, using 4gl for Windows and New Er

David N. Heydon wrote: >There is some info on it in the "Informix @ IBM: Product and Strategy >Update", > >http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/events/customer/ > I'd suggest this link instead: http://www7b.software.ibm.com/wsdd/techjournal/0304_barosa/barosa.html It's has even some code in EGL. Clearly, it is not similar to 4GL. >Basically IBM are going to extend Websphere's existing 4GL, to include some >Informix 4GL syntax, calling it EGL. As proposed, EGL should support >multiple databases and a GUI front end, all running within the Websphere >environment. > > These objectives are very pretty but i'd rather have: * Native Windows GUI (not Java) * Object orientation the New Era way * Total compatibility with existing code And I'd rather like not to wait several year for this (1/2 year has already passed since the initial announcement). Fernando -- Fernando Fernandez MoreData - Sistemas de Informa''o, Lda. http://www.moredata.pt